What does agriculture mean

farming; growing crops and raising livestock

What does civilization mean?

a high level of cultural and technological development,

Why did Sargon not expand his Empire to the south

The Arabian Desert was to the south

Why did the city of Uruk build walls around the outside of their city

To protect the people of Uruk from foreign attack, To protect their grain supplies from foreign attack

based upon the chart and your prior knowledge why was Mesopotamia able to advance quicker then other civilizations

because of the geography of the Fertile Crescent allowed for better farming, because there was more resources of Copper, Tin and Iron found there

a writing consisting of shapes and lines by using a wedge-shaped tool

What does nomad mean?

moving from place to place with no permanent home

a wedge-shaped instrument for writing

All of these reasons are important for studying and understanding Hammurabi's code EXCEPT

We know what food was eaten during Ancient Mesopotamian times

Where can I find this Quiz so that I can study tonight

CANVAS under Announcements, I can also study the notes I took in class., CANVAS- Module 11/8 Review, Google Classroom

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1
What does agriculture mean
farming; growing crops and raising livestock
an arch-shaped area in the Middle East
moving from place to place with no permanent home
a high level of cultural and technological development,
2
Mesopotamia is found in present day
Iraq
United States
France
Madagascar
3
What building would be found in the center Uruk or any other Mesopotamian City-State?
A Fire Hydrant
A Castle
A Ziggurat
A pit for prisoners
4
What does civilization mean?
an arch-shaped area in the Middle East
moving from place to place with no permanent home
farming; growing crops and raising livestock
a high level of cultural and technological development,
5
Every civilization reached the Bronze Age by 1000 BC EXCEPT
Egypt
China
Mesopotamia
America
6
Why did Sargon not expand his Empire to the south
he ran out of men
there were mountains to the south
The Arabian Desert was to the south
he died
7
Who was Hammurabi?
Best Friends with Sargon
King of Babylon
King of the Sumers
King of the Akkadians
8
Why did the city of Uruk build walls around the outside of their city
To worship the gods
To protect the people of Uruk from foreign attack
To protect their grain supplies from foreign attack
To keep the people locked inside
9
Sargon conquered other city-states for control of
farmland
shelter
his wife
money
10
based upon the chart and your prior knowledge why was Mesopotamia able to advance quicker then other civilizations
They conquered scientists to create these new sources of tools.
because of the geography of the Fertile Crescent allowed for better farming
because there was more resources of Copper, Tin and Iron found there
They were smarter than everyone else
11
Ancient Mesopotamians used technology to get water to the crops. This is called
Flooding
levees
Pictographing
Irrigation
12
What is cunieform?
pictures that stand for words
a writing consisting of shapes and lines by using a wedge-shaped tool
professional writers
a wedge-shaped instrument for writing
13
The 2 rivers Mesopotamia is between are
Yellow and Indus
Nile and Yellow
Euphrates and Nile
Tigris and Euphrates
14
What does nomad mean?
moving from place to place with no permanent home
an arch-shaped area in the Middle East
farming; growing crops and raising livestock
a high level of cultural and technological development,
15
Why were people in Mesopotamia able to get specialized jobs outside of agriculture
They lived close to one another
They spent all their time farming
They had extra food
They ate everything they grew
16
Which civilization was able to advance their technology first
China
The Americas
The Greeks
Mesopotamia
17
Mesopotamia means...
The land between 2 rivers
The Middle Stone Age
The New Stone Age
The desert behind 2 rivers
18
What is a stylus?
a writing consisting of shapes and lines by using a wedge-shaped tool
pictures that stand for words
professional writers
a wedge-shaped instrument for writing
19
What was Hammurabi's Code?
A secret code for how to break into the pyramids
A grocery list
A Code of Righteousness
A code of laws
20
What is bronze made out of
Stone and Iron
Tin and Iron
Stone and Tin
Tin and Copper
21
This map of Sargon's Empire is the region known as the
United States
Sargon Peninsula
Middle East
Fertile Crescent
22
What is a scribe?
professional writers
a writing consisting of shapes and lines by using a wedge-shaped tool
a wedge-shaped instrument for writing
pictures that stand for words
23
All of these reasons are important for studying and understanding Hammurabi's code EXCEPT
The idea of innocent until proven guilty came from Hammurabi's code
Archelogist see how gods were seen as important in ancient Mesopotamia
We get an idea as to what life was like in Ancient Babylon times
We know what food was eaten during Ancient Mesopotamian times
24
What is pictographs?
pictures that stand for words
professional writers
a wedge-shaped instrument for writing
a writing consisting of shapes and lines by using a wedge-shaped tool
25
Where can I find this Quiz so that I can study tonight
CANVAS under Announcements
I can also study the notes I took in class.
CANVAS- Module 11/8 Review
Google Classroom
26
The capital of Sargon's Empire was
Syria
Akkad
Uruk
Washington DC

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